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October 27, 2015
All of our members are being urged this National Gonski Week to devote some time and thought to supporting what what all of our futures rely upon - giving all children the best and fairest education we can.
October 27, 2015
The AMWU this week extended our campaign to protect local jobs with town hall meetings nationwide to force Canberra to further tighten the 457 visa measures applying to all future free trade agreements – including the China deal.
October 26, 2015
Tasmanian unions are set for a show of community support this Wednesday in Ulverstone for workers who were callously dismissed without warning last week as Simplot betrayed all trust in job negotiations with the AMWU.
October 22, 2015
The AMWU has delivered a strong message to the Senate Inquiry into staffing and skills shortfalls in Australia’s defence maintenance with up to a dozen member groups also making their own contributions.
October 22, 2015
Ann Dwyer had a clearer view of how important the work of AMWU members at Sydney lens company Eyebiz Laboratories can be in the run-up to negotiating their new union agreement.
October 22, 2015
Broadcast technicians who keep the television signal coming in to all homes in rural Australia are refusing to back down in their quest for a fair deal on pay and allowances after returning from a month long lock-out.
October 22, 2015
The deal between the Labor Party and the Coalition Government to reduce the risk of jobs being needlessly lost to imported workforces under the China Free Trade Agreement is a positive step but falls far short of failsafe protections, the AMWU believes.
October 19, 2015
The AMWU joined global protests last week against the Trans Pacific Partnership with rallies highlighting how it would let foreign corporations stand over any member nation’s right to enforce its own rule of law.
October 19, 2015
Younger union activists mixed with building industry veterans last Thursday and spoke with emotional relatives of workers lost to learn the lessons from the West Gate Bridge collapse, Australia’s worst industrial disaster.
October 15, 2015
The Federal Government is working hard to give the big banks and finance companies access to your industry super fund. One of the pioneers of workers' superannuation, Tom McDonald, explains what the Coalition is really up to.
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